Amy Guadagnin

amyguadagnin@gmail.com

0401 050 820

AHPRA Registration: NMW0002141108

NSW Health Employee No.: 60034106

Education and Qualifications

2017 Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Studies) at the University of Sydney

2014 Certificate III in Health Services Assistance (Acute Care) at Applied Care

2010 Certificate 3 in Printing and Graphic Arts (Graphic Pre-Press) at TAFE, Ultimo

2006 Diploma of Digital Media at TAFE, Crows Nest

2004 Certificate III in Children’s Services at Stella Maris College, Manly

2004 Higher School Certificate at Stella Maris College, Manly

Employment History

Royal North Shore Hospital (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit - NICU)

Mar 2018 – Current, Registered Nurse

Key Responsibilities

• Caring for preterm and sick newborns
• Monitoring vital signs, attending cares, feeding, administering medications, newborn checks, blood samples
• Ensuring the infant’s neurodevelopment is appropriately considered during interventions
• Support the mother and family in caring for their infant
• Supporting the mother to initiate and maintain a breastfeeding relationship
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team in conjunction with families

Skills and Achievements

• Desire to improve my own practice, seeking guidance and feedback from colleagues
• Desire to seek knowledge and clarification when presented with unfamiliar information, and ensuring these are based on current, evidence-based practice
• Moving from the Low and High Dependency areas into the Intensive Care area, and becoming trained in caring for babies on CPAP, within 5 months.

Royal North Shore Hospital (Orthopaedic and Trauma - 5 West)

Mona Vale Hospital (Assessment and Rehabilitation Unit)

Jun 2014 – Mar 2018, Assistant in Nursing

Key Responsibilities

• Support and assist the Registered Nurses
• Assist patients with activities of daily living, mobilising and pressure area care
• Monitoring the patient’s condition, taking observations and blood sugar levels
• Maintaining accurate records

Skills and Achievements

• High level of organisation and time management
• Ability to manage multiple competing responsibilities and the triage multiple patient’s needs
• Establishing trust in short periods of time
• Dealing with difficult personalities and situations
• Receiving great feedback with patients, coworkers and management
• Assisting and supporting others and received praise from my Nursing Unit Manager

Self-employed Nanny

2012 – 2014, Full-time, Casual and Night Nanny

Key Responsibilities

• Sole and multiple charges, ages ranging between 0-5 years
• Meal preparation, feeding, bathing, dressing, outings, swimming lessons
• Keeping a consistent routine, sleep and settling, toilet training, introduction of solids

Skills and Achievements

• The ability to work under pressure, to multitask and to work quickly and efficiently
• Developing high levels of trust with families that enabled them to return to work quickly
• Introduced new rules and routines to the children and as a result gained better behaviors
• The creation of a extremely organised, well-functioning households

Loop Branding, Process Digital & Schawk Australia

2008 – 2012, Finished Artist

Key Responsibilities

• Checking accuracy of own work
• Following designer’s and production manager’s briefs and making amends
• Ensuring artwork follows printing process specifications
• Creating high-resolution artwork and imagery from design concept files

Skills and Achievements

• The ability to work quickly and accurately under pressure
• The ability to follow instructions, processes and limitations and to strictly adhere to them
• Developed a very keen eye for accuracy and detail

Professional Memberships

• Australian College of Nursing
• Australian College of Neonatal Nurses

Referees

Alexis Fox 9463 2133

Nurse Unit Manager, NICU alexis.fox@health.nsw.gov.au

Suzette Riva 9463 2290

Clinical Nurse Educator, NICU suzette.riva@health.nsw.gov.au

Rowena Maclean 9463 2140

Acting Nurse Educator, NICU rowena.maclean@health.nsw.gov.au